{"id":868467,"date":"2026-08-23T11:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T11:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/868467\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T11:04:10","slug":"habs-headlines-checking-in-on-yvon-lambert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/868467\/","title":{"rendered":"Habs Headlines: Checking in on Yvon Lambert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49170379687_eb089fc6b1_k.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Inauguration du monument \u00e9rig\u00e9 en l\u2019honneur du grand Jean B\u00e9liveau by Ville de Victoriaville | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/villedevicto\/49170379687\/in\/photolist-2hV23P2-2hUXpQK-2hUZS4A-2hV21Ua-2hV23xF-2hUZSc1-2j4SX1Z-2hUXpha-2hUXpZY-aywHpv-2hUXqQf-2hUXqMu-2j5Ehz7-2j5CGoT-2j4TPLX-2j5EcaV-2j4WvaF-2j4Y3xV-2j5A8cP-2j5Ej2v-2j5CL1c-2j5A7Vb-2j5Ej8n-2j5CKg1-2j5Ei4o-2j4WnwK-2j4WfGs-2j5EhQx-2j4Wnnr-2j4TA53-2j5CKFe-2j4WfPM-2j5A7N2-2j4TzXj-2j4WfLF-2j5EhG1-2k6mzcw-2j5A6NS-2j5EgQS-2j5CHpR-2k6mxbn-2j5A5Yk-2j4Yi24-2j5CHYS-2j4U3NZ-2j5Efyd-2j5CHxG-2j5CGNk-2j5EhqE-2j5A5SD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/deed.en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY-ND 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens news and notes<\/p>\n<p>Dave Stubbs chats with Yvon Lambert, who has been a popular patient at Lakeshore General Hospital as he recovers from fractures sustained in a fall. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/yvan-lambert-displaying-resilience-after-hip-femur-fractures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Revisiting the trade of draft picks Montreal made to select Michael Hage. [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/how-the-canadiens-trade-up-for-michael-hage-has-aged\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hockey Writers<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p>Around the league and elsewhere<\/p>\n<p>Bill Daly says an announcement of an expansion team in Texas could come before the end of this year. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/nhl-could-see-expansion-team-awarded-to-houston-or-austin-before-the-end-of-the-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TSN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>How much is left in the tank for the veteran stars is the big question for the Pittsburgh Penguins. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/32-in-32\/pittsburgh-penguins-three-questions-for-2026-27-season-32-in-32\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>With goaltending also a concern in Pittsburgh, top prospect Sergei Murashov could play a significant role this season. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/32-in-32\/pittsburgh-penguins-top-prospects-for-2026-27-season-32-in-32\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>A star-studded group was on hand for Zee\u2019s Final Shift as Zdeno Chara was honoured in Trencin, Slovakia. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/zees-final-shift-brings-zdeno-chara-back-to-ice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Macklin Celebrini will likely be very high on NHL Network\u2019s list of top centres when it releases today. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/top-players-right-now\/nhl-network-2026-27-top-20-centers-five-questions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Jaccob Slavin shared his day with the Stanley Cup with leaders of various North Carolinian charities. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/summer-with-stanley\/jaccob-slavin-shares-stanley-cup-with-north-carolina-nonprofits\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>NHL referee Garrett Rank won his fourth Canadian Men\u2019s Mid-Amateur Championship. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/golf\/article\/nhl-referee-garrett-rank-wins-his-fourth-canadian-mens-mid-amateur-golf-title\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportsnet<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Inauguration du monument \u00e9rig\u00e9 en l\u2019honneur du grand Jean B\u00e9liveau by Ville de Victoriaville | Flickr |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-868467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}